In a climate in which the business value of DEI is increasingly undermined, this wide-ranging discussion with Bonnie Chiu, MD of The Social Investment Consultancy, sets the record straight on how the inclusivity debate should be re-connected to innovation and finding the best talent, how she is helping to shape the new SDG Standards assurance framework for private equity funds to combat SDG washing, and:

- The power of grandparents

- How to support social enterprises and funds to better understand and scale their impact

- How to tackle the shocking stat that only 1-2% of financial assets globally are managed by people of colour and/or women

- How it feels to experience DEI discrimination

- How to use your individual lived experience to catalyse systems change

- How to unlock the commercial value in NGOs and Charities to help them transition into self sustaining social enterprises to thrive and scale their impact

- Why founder team mindsets are the key to effective esg and impact improvements, not frameworks and box ticking

- The beauty of London life, tips for parents with young children, inspiring books and podcasts, and more!

The Social Investment Consultancy

Social Value International SDG Impact Standards Assurance latest

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Lensational

The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Poetry Unbound Podcast

Expats (Amazon prime)

Investing for Purpose

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